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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3675545

Charina Endowment Fund Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 69 grants and $17 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $17,017,000

    Grants listed
    69
    Assets, end of year
    $370,474,581

  • Tax year 2023

    $17,259,000

    Grants listed
    68
    Assets, end of year
    $366,223,161

  • Tax year 2022

    $18,393,000

    Grants listed
    69
    Assets, end of year
    $362,645,351

  • Tax year 2021

    $15,633,000

    Grants listed
    51
    Assets, end of year
    $412,312,876

  • Tax year 2020

    $14,910,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $363,479,233

  • Tax year 2019

    $15,758,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $343,702,172

Grants paid in 2024

69 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    General support

    $1,000,000
  2. Hunter College Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $600,000
  3. Gates Philanthropy PartnersSeattle, WA

    General support

    $500,000
  4. Harvard TH Chan Schol of Public HealthBoston, MA

    General support

    $500,000
  5. Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York, NY

    General support

    $500,000
  6. New York Botanical GardenBronx, NY

    General support

    $500,000
  7. Nightingale-Bamford SchoolNew York, NY

    General support

    $500,000
  8. Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY

    General support

    $500,000
  9. The Morgan Library & MuseumNew York, NY

    General support

    $500,000
  10. Trustees for Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    General support

    $500,000
  11. Wildlife Conservation Society (formerly NY Zoological Soc)The Bronx, NY

    General support

    $500,000
  12. City University of New YorkNew York, NY

    General support

    $400,000
  13. Sidwell Friends SchoolWashington, DC

    General support

    $400,000
  14. Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $334,000
  15. Park Avenue Armoryseventh Reg Armory Conservancy IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $333,000
  16. American Federation for Aging Research IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $300,000
  17. Crenulated Company - DBA New SettlementBronx, NY

    General support

    $300,000
  18. John F Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsWashington, DC

    General support

    $300,000
  19. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    General support

    $300,000
  20. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational FundNew York, NY

    General support

    $300,000
  21. The Urban AssemblyNew York, NY

    General support

    $300,000
  22. Vera Institute of JusticeBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $300,000
  23. Americans for Ben-Gurion University IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $250,000
  24. American Technion SocietyNew York, NY

    General support

    $250,000
  25. Congregation Emanu-ElNew York, NY

    General support

    $250,000
  26. Jewish MuseumNew York, NY

    General support

    $250,000
  27. National September 11 Mem & Museum (was WTC Mem Found)New York, NY

    General support

    $250,000
  28. One Health TrustWashington, DC

    General support

    $250,000
  29. Fund for the City of New York IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $225,000
  30. Goddard-Riverside Community CenterNew York, NY

    General support

    $225,000
  31. Jacob A Riis Neighborhoold HousesQueens, NY

    General support

    $225,000
  32. Riverside Park ConservancyNew York, NY

    General support

    $225,000
  33. WGBHBoston, MA

    General support

    $225,000
  34. Human Rights FirstNew York, NY

    General support

    $200,000
  35. Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  36. Children's Hospital FoundationSilver Spring, MD

    General support

    $150,000
  37. City Parks FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  38. Drawing Center IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  39. Film Forum IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  40. Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine IncGarden City, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  41. Good Sheapard ServiceNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  42. Harlem School of the ArtsNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  43. Jupiter Medical Center IncJupiter, FL

    General support

    $150,000
  44. Literacy PartnersNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  45. Lower East Side Tenement MuseumNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  46. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  47. Scholars at Risk IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  48. Socrates Sculpture Park IncLong Is City, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  49. Sponsors for Educational Opportunity IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  50. Sunnyside Community CenterNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  51. The Oliver Scholars ProgramNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  52. The Shakespeare TheatreWashington, DC

    General support

    $150,000
  53. Theatre Development FundNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  54. Union Settlement AssociationNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  55. Wave Hill IncorporatedBronx, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  56. Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish HistoryPhiladelphia, PA

    General support

    $150,000
  57. World Trade Center Performing Arts Center IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $150,000
  58. Aperture Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  59. Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  60. Modern Art OxfordOxford, United Kingdom

    General support

    $100,000
  61. New York Law SchoolNew York, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  62. Preservation Foundation of Palm BeachPalm Beach, FL

    General support

    $100,000
  63. Spence-Chapin Services to Families and ChildrenNew York, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  64. Target ALS Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  65. University Settlement Society of New YorkNew York, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  66. Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing ArtsVienna, VA

    General support

    $100,000
  67. Collegiate Directions IncBethesda, MD

    General support

    $75,000
  68. DreamNew York, NY

    General support

    $50,000
  69. International Print Center New YorkNew York, NY

    General support

    $50,000

Approved for future payment

1 grant

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $12.7 million in all.

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education13 grants $4,825,00040% of the total
  2. Arts and culture17 grants $2,684,00022% of the total
  3. International aid4 grants $900,0008% of the total
  4. Environment3 grants $875,0007% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $725,0006% of the total
  6. Health2 grants $650,0005% of the total
  7. 6 other causes7 grants $1,300,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York53 grants $13,167,000
  2. Massachusetts3 grants $1,225,000
  3. District of Columbia4 grants $1,100,000
  4. Washington1 grant $500,000
  5. Florida2 grants $250,000
  6. Maryland2 grants $225,000
  7. California1 grant $200,000
  8. Pennsylvania1 grant $150,000
  9. Virginia1 grant $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Richard L MenschelCHAIRMAN, DIRECTOR Hours 8Pay $0
  • Ronay A MenschelPRESIDENT, DIRECTOR Hours 4Pay $0
  • Celene A MenschelTREASURER, DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Charis B MenschelCO-SECRETARY, DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sabina C MenschelCO-SECRETARY, DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

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